Shloka 164

Devanagari script

इस प्रकार श्रीमह्ाभारत अनुशासनपर्वके अन्तर्गत दानधर्मपर्वमें धर्मकी प्रशंशाविषयक एक सौ चौंसठवाँ अध्याय पूरा हुआ

Transliteration

iti prakāraḥ śrīmahābhārate anuśāsanaparvaṇi antargate dānadharmaparvaṇi dharmapraśaṃsāviṣayaka ekaśatacatuḥṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ pūrṇaḥ

Translation

Así concluye el capítulo ciento sesenta y cuatro del Anuśāsana Parva del venerable Śrī Mahābhārata, dentro de la sección sobre el dharma del dar (Dāna-dharma), dedicado a la alabanza del Dharma.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• प्रकारम्: manner/way
• प्रकारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकार
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीमहाभारतम्: the Mahabharata (honorific)
• श्रीमहाभारतम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभारत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• अनुशासनपर्वणि: in the Anushasana Parva
• अनुशासनपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुशासनपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अन्तर्गत: included/contained
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्गत
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• दानधर्मपर्वणि: in the Dānadharma-parvan
• दानधर्मपर्वणि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानधर्मपर्व
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• धर्मस्य: of dharma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• प्रशंसाविषयकः: concerning praise (of dharma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रशंसाविषयक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• एकशतचतुःषष्टितमः: the 164th
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकशतचतुःषष्टितम
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• समाप्तः: completed/ended
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाप्त
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Mahābhārata
• Anuśāsana Parva
• Dāna-dharma Parva
• Dharma

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The line functions as a colophon: it signals that the chapter’s instruction centers on praising Dharma, especially within the broader teaching on dāna (ethical giving). The emphasis is that Dharma is worthy of commendation and is presented as a guiding standard for conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

No new story event occurs here; it is an editorial/narrative closure marking the end of a chapter in the Anuśāsana Parva, specifically within the Dāna-dharma section.